Cash-account register



T. MAO.

CASH ACCOUNT REGISTER. APPLlc/Tlou mso mm1, 1919.

1 ,335,447, Patente@ Mar. 30, 1920` Enigmas rca Mauer 5 4 Huf- NP9/. i.f1- 1:2151 1L-5:22'. Y. 1.1;? Lig-1:.'

THOMSON MAO, OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVANI'A.

CASH-ACCDUNT REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 4)[al'. 30, 1920.

application med January 11. 1919. serial Na 270.706.

T01/ZZ Vulwm it may conce/u Be'it known that I, THOMSON' Aena citizen ofthe Republic of China, residing at Swissvale, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain' new and usefulImprovements in Cash-Account Registers, of which the following is aspecification. reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to impro'vedcash account registers. and has.relation more particularly to a device of this general character whichis adapted to be attached to a. money holder. such as a bill holderLwallet, hand ba or similar article adapted to hold money or currentuse., and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel andimproved cash account register whichmay=be employed with convenience and`facility to keep an account of daily expenses. and whereby the balanceof money or the total expenditure relative to 'certain items non ir hereadily determined without the necessity of an arithmetical operation.

lt is also an object of the invention to provide a novel-and improveddevice of this general character including a pocket adapted to receive acard or the like, and wherein a wall ol. said pocket is provided withopenings or slots to permit notations to he made upon the card or thelike within the. pocket, and wherein the wall provided with the openingsor slot is provided with designations for various items so that anota-tion relative to each of the various itemsmay ln made upon theportions oi the card or the like exposed through the openingsor slots ofthe wall of the pocket.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a cash accountregister having novel arid improved means whereby the balance of moneyon hand or the amount ot certain expenditures mayv be determined withfacility and accuracy. and wherein said, means comprises a. plurality'ofseries,

of.alinedaopenings `certain otivhivlltelrs sieit "1 icem'tsf -ahidithe'lirenigiindafgegliigh represent? idolla-rs.A and .withaighiglrucqact rods` ori .indices Vfi nsertible through the opent ings.and wherein said-open'ingsnd-he odafr :iiidicesare provided with?enacting valuendicati'ons to, efi"ect the'desired calf culationssf ,Y l!fr A -Tlle` invention consists in thcmletails of construction and in thecombination and arrangementofthe several parts of my improvedcash'aceount register whereby certain important advantages are attainedand the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more'convenient and advantageous for use. as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

The novel features of'my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that m ,invention may be the lietterjunderstood, will nowproceed to describethe Ysame with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. wherein:

lFigure 1`is a view in elevation of a cash account register constructedin accordance with an embodiment oftn invention;

F ig. 2is a view in elevation of one of the rods or indices as hereinembodied;

Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the rod or indexas illustrated inFi 2;

Fig. 4 is aview ,in elevation o theside of ghe rod or index opposite tothat shown in iig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view takensubstantially on the line :w of Fig. 1;V

Fi 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectiona view taken on the line 6-6 ofFig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanyin drawings. M denotes a money holder whichmay be a walleyill holder or the like. and overlyingra w. l of saidholder M is a sheet 1 preferably substantially opaque. such ascelluloid. iyory, metal. card board. or the like. This sheet is stitchedor otherwise secured. as at 2. along a longitudinal marginal portion andits end marginal portions to a wall of the holder M. and in the presenti disposedslots L i on the intermediate spaces 5,

preferred that the space 4l5 between each pair of -slots 4 of eachseries be equal to the width of each of the slots, and for .'vvhichreason the ,slots 4 are all of the same width.

As is clearly in icited in Fig. 1, one longl'itudinal side of 1e pocketP is open and lon 'tudinal mar is royidedwith the supgpllementalslotnti. diie 'of these lslots is adapted to afford ineens whereby aperiod of time such-,as a particular'month of a year may `be writtenupon the card C when applied within the pocket P, while the second slot6 is adapted to aiord means whereby the money athand at the beginning ofthe period may be "readily written upon., the card C'l The upper Vmar Yimmediately a ove `each of the slots 4 has rinted or othe'rivise.arranged thereon the esignations T oflthe various items to be recordedor written upon the' card C, and

the various designations, 7 coacting with each of the slots' areSeparated by the lines 8 at right angles to the slot -l and which linesserve as guides for the -proper entry on the inserted card C.

In practice it is preferred thatl the general designations 7 bearrangedat the upper portion of thesheet 1 or iield Y, While the details of thevarious items are arranged and which spaces are provided with thespecific desig nations 9 herein disclosed as certain letters of thealphabet. If preferred, however, these designations 9 may be, omitted.

In entering an expense# besides the amount, the particular itemH is to-be recorded by. referring to thedesignations- 9 so as to enable anexact distribution of the different items While closing@ the account.For exam ale, should $5 be spent for clothing op February. 1, thismnoimt is recorded on the card under date of Eebruary 1 and in thecolumn designated Dry goods, the letter A being put alongside the li1re. to show that the money was spent for c othin and not the otheritems under Dry goods. If the $5 had been spent for furniture, theletter C would be used.

In the forni of mv invention as .illustrated in F .1, each of the seriesof slots 4 is live in number, and after said spaces have been filledupon the initial insertion of the card C. said cartLC is movedlaterally' a distance equal to the width of a slot`4 so that the unusedportions of the card C previously covered, will be brought int sight,and whichpermits substantiallyv th 'whole sur- ,face of the card C tobe'usedufln practice, it has been found that the ca d C is fric-`tionally held iny either of thgse 'two posie field Y of the heet 1adjacent said free inal portion of the field tions, although whenin thesecond osition,

the same may be further maintaine against slip by pressure of the digitsof the hand ,ho ding the holder M. 'When one face of the card Chas beensubstantially filled, the card may be reversed and the opposite face.emIPIoyedL n practice the, designations 7 are of par-A ticularimportance as such designations .7 serve to litemize the d`iierentaccounts so that the distribution of the same'may be easil attained. Forexample, the desi ation .Exchange is to be used to reco the -valueofbills each time they are taken out for exchange. This beinrequired-'et the timeV of taking out, avoi s the mistake of giving awron money note of the denomination requir It also serves as larcheck ofthe bills on hand. For example, fthe designation Exchange is to be usedto record the "alue of bills. This means that if a ten dollar note istaken out .for the paymenty of live dollars, the fact. that a ten dollarnote is out is recorded`in this column. This ges a record shonipghow thepaymentjhas n made, by cash or otherwise. Shuld the amount o payment belive dollars and ten .dollars is recorded in the .Exchangev -column, itis known at oncethat a bill of ten dollars was. used and a balance offive dollars was received. If this balance of five dollars is also anote, .the fact can also be recorded. The designation Petty cash, as afurther -example, is used to record the' amount of small denominationswhich may be taken from the pocket for the use of small expenses, suchas street car fares, ne\vspapers, or the like. However, by an inspeotionof Fig. l, it will be not-ed that provision is made to record theseexpenditures, together with other expenditures which the u ser may hm'eto make. In other Words, the designation Petty cash is to' indicate theamount of money which is to be placed out# Side of the money holder M,as for insta-nce a` pocket or otherl convonientrece' tacle.

It has also been fundl desirab e to provide the field Y with delineatedspaces 10 for the insertion ofthe nani: and,addresS of the owner, toether with," rther delineated spaces l1 u' lereb'y record may be made'of whom to report in case of accident.

lVhile a suitable implement, preferably a pencil, may be employed forwriting the various items, a sheet of carbon, if desired, may beproperly disposed over Ethe writing suifaceV of the card C andthe point.of the ,rod o index R, to behhereinafter more artioularly referredto,may be employe to effect the desired record.

Itis also to beunderstood that if desired the card C may have producedthereon the designations simlartto the designations- 7 and -n the samerelative arrangement, but as this is believed to be obvious, a detaileddescription and illustration is thought to be with the space betweeneach ofthe jadu #i unnecessary. tionsv 23 equal loy the space between te-cen.-

As is illustrated in Fig. 1, ainarginal ters of an adjacentLpair-ofopenings lj'fV portion of the holder M has suitably atlixed a singleseries.. 'The uppermost dilation thereto a sleeve 12 with which isadapted tol 23 is spaced from' theupp 0ra jcent-endi70 be engaged aiwriting implement XV, preferof the shank-.orbody 211e distanceequal te,1ably a pencil, and which member W has the distance betweenadjacent-graduatigrts. secured 4to its; butt end a -iexible member 14523. The opposite end.; ortio'n 'of the body also suitably secured to theholder M so that or shank 21 is provideliiiyith af int-24 ,of Said imlement W will be held against aeci-v a length substantia ly equal .tot e.distance 75; dental isplaceinent or loss. betweenadjacent duations2.it:

The'fieldr X of the sheet 1 is provided The opposite offrent-fai ,;o,the body' nini witha pluralityof series of transversely shank 21 'isprovidedifwitl tithe.gtadluitiongi;n disposed openings' 15 with ,theopenings of 25 spaced apart as' hs-,beenliust df, each seriesinalineinent. As is particularly relative to the graduat'ih ibut,itin-1.,@ illustrated in Fig. 1 two series of openings graduationsi areten..iilguunr ei-iriilnugkii 15 are arrangedat. opposite sides of aheavy vconsecutively from "-Q'tdfQ 'ii";i tli; .0i}ad'-Q transverselydisposed line 16 with the openjacent the top endof,tlislianl'i'body21u..ings 15 at the right of the line 16 identified and spaced fromaidytop'iyed a distance.: as cents and the openings 15 at the leftsubstantially equal to 4vthe" c ljstalie betire-en'pai,VA of the line 16being identified as dollarsl a pair of adjacent gradiuitiousi',25..,2'1`7l1e0 It is to be understood that if desired more graduations 23 runcnseeiitii'elvifroni.LLiif.. than two series of openings 15 maybe pro-lto 9, With4 the highest nifiilliiiaft vided at the left of the line 16,but onlyr two per endof the body or shank ,21; 1'Qa'd1ie series aredisclosed in Fig. 1. because it is that end `provided ivitgli "tlifreturniioi'giqnfao.

customary to pay amounts in excess of one or Vu'ing22. .In otherizwiilsdmegiadii ;i hundred dollars by check. 23 and 25 are reverselyientilied,..'..I also Asis particularly illustrated by Fig. 1, preferredthat the identifying'nur asl() each series of openings 15' are nineteenin 'and 27 coacting," res' "cti \'e'l-3i, f "njitlitliep number, andcorresponding openings ot' eacli graduatins 23 and 255,21bdiierentlyqoleof the series are aliued longitudinally ot ored, as for instance thniueriils reglfz-g re.- tlie series are iutersccted by a heavy line 1Ttei-red that the returiidproijvioiif directed longitudinally of theholder M` or be painted a pi'oiiiienjf olo ij,;pizfeiigg Tfr; moreparticularly the sheet 1. The opposite red. To use the calculii t iii g16i;reisterigng5g00, end portions of the line 1T are provided feature,the amount of :fr difag nidfathlem with an identity 1S. herein disclosedas 0". beginnin of the entrljfis'fiii'v- The remaining coriipondiug:Openings 15 serting t ie rods or ind of the several series areintersected by the ings 15 ot' the series iii'igftlwe eguiiecg, lines 19and the oi Isite cud portions of numbers. As indicate@ iniiglfi l .l`ifftilieso. the' lines 13 :irc provided with the valuadrawings. the amount'ofiiQii-yo liiindn tions 2O arranged i-nsecutirely from -"1" to$32.65'. In employing fhiillii'ilatorfo reg-1r .9. with the'lowernumeral above the line ister, it is iiiiport'ant,thitlt'h .Ll pr .dri .A1i immediately adjacent said line and with above the line li'be u mimmthe highest number of the valuations 20 be- Each time acertainfafnoiintpfvagefisllgi0, low thc line 1T immediatelyv adjacentsaid spent. the rod or iiides'vlisiildiflip"g Qn'; line 17. expose atthe opening'nli'ithrii ilgli Each ot the openingsli is of a diameter' isdirected the n'uirber' sfur'i` i; ,l io l i eiii i to permit the readyinsertion therethrough applicable to that coluiiiniid lieni of a rod orindex R, and iu practice there served through which is a rod or index Rfor cach series of opeuor tipv 2i is exposed. v inrs 15. is then takenout and 'ij i r i s` erted ach rod or index R, and as particularlysaid-opening. In other' wo'i-(ls."s hou 1 v illustrated in Figs. 2, 3,and 4, includes :i penditure he made "fizoni 'tli'e .A flat body orshank 21 provided at one end amount $32.65 on lia n i with a returnedportion or ivinG-QZwhi'h r index {.coac'tiiif uiti `fbe oiiter'clu -0tlifro or index is inserted. -TVh 35, to the left is moved down onehole.

tified o ning. The index or rod..R coacting wit i the inner ortens"-colum'n-at the right of-the line 16 is then lo 'tudinally 'moveduntil the graduation 1 1s exposed through the opening throu hIx whichsaid rod or 'index is inserted, an when in such )osition the point ortip 24 .of'the rod or index will be exposed through the opening 15 ofthe series identified by. 5.

The yrod or index R coactirlg 4with the uni series of oaeni 15 at thedollar s".or left side o4 the me 16 is then longitudinallyadiusted untilthe number 2 osaid rod or index is exposed through the 15 of 4suchseries through which en so arranged the tip or 'point 24 of the rod orin dex will be exposedt-hroughethe opening in such ser-ies identified by(3. The rod or index will then be inserted through this o and theresultant reading of all/of t eliidis or indices will show` that thereis a balancegof It is to be noted that should the amount expended be inthe tens of dollars, the point or index coacting with the tens column ofdollars would besimilarly adjusted.

In the event that the tip or rd 24 of any one of the rods or indices Rshould point to a hole 15. that is below the horizontal line 17, suchrod or indeaeis inserted through a similarly identified opening in thesame series abovethe line 17, and the rod or index R enacting with theseries or eolurn n other words, should an expenditure be made of $4.27from the amount $32.65 on hand as shown, the index or rod R coactingwith the outer series of openings 15 to the right of the line 16 willbelongitudinally adjusted until the numeral 7 of said'rod or index isexposed through the opening through which said rod-or index is inserted,and which adjustment will 'result in the point or ti 24 being exposedthrough the .o enin i entilied by 8 below the line 17. ro or index isthen removed and inserted through the opening. identified as 8 above theline 17 and the rod or index R eoacting with the inner sei-ies Vorcolumn of openings at' the' ri ht of the line 16 is inserted through t eopening 15 immediately below, or in other words through the openingident ed as 5 above the line 17. This second r or index is -thenlongitudinally adjusted until the numeral 2 is exposed through the oenin in 'which the rod orfndex is inserte an which results in the tip orpoint 24 of said rod or index being exposed throu h'the opening 15 beingidentified as 3. e rod or index R 'is then inserted through thisopening. The rod 4'or index R ooacting with the unit seriesor columnoiopenin 15 at the left of thel line 16 is thenlongitudinallyadjusteduntil the nu- .dex being ex os meral 4" carried thereby is exposedthrough tue lopening through which. the rod or index is inserted, andwhich will 'result in the tip or y Qint 24 of sadrod or inthroughthe-opening being ident s 8 below the line 17. This rod or index R isthen inserted through tire'l opening identified as 8 above the line 17,and the' rod or index R'ooacting with the tens series or column ofopenings 15 is moved down one opening so that the balance of molle onhand will read $28.38.

In findin lie total expenditm'es-of differ# ent-items, a" of the rbdsor' indices R are removed and worked upside down in the holes below theline 17.

As an example; should it be necessaryto add the figures $45.68.*and$6.79, remove all the rods or indices Rgfrom the openings and insertthree mds or indices inthe openings below the lineY 17 .and identifiedAby the Dollar i and Cent designations and as identified by thedesignation 20, i.' e., one rod in opening below line 17 identiliedbyunits of dollars and the figure 5, one rod in the tens of cents columnand iden ified by the figure 6, and thev third rod in t e units of centscolumn and identified by the figure 8. The rods or indices are insertedin these openings upside down,A that isthe tips 24 polnt upwardlyinstead of downwardly. To

add the suniof $6.79, move lthe rod in the opening identified by figureuntil the figure 6 marked on the rod is alined with theline 1'9 identmedb v the figure The tip 24 ofthis rod will point to an opening abovetheline 17 identified by figure 1. Now insert the fourth rodv in theopenings below the line 17 and identified by the tens of dollars columnand the ligure .1, move the rod in the units of dollars column to theopening below line 17 and identified by the figure 1. This shows that'$5 plus $6 is'$11. TheA same procedure applies to the other figure..

The total expenditures within a given period of time may also bedetermined without the reversal of the rods orindices R. Vith the rodsor indices in a position to indicate the balance of money on hand atpresent, the numerals 26 on said rods or indices exposed through theopenings 15 below the line 17. which are identified by the valuations 20as the balance of money on hand at the beginning oftheperiod will showthe total amount. of expenditures between these two periods. In otherwords. if the money on hand one month ago was $58.79. th'e expendituresfor the month will be found asv follows, the' present balance on handbeingr $32.65 as shown: In the series of openings 15 indicated as unitsof cents,v thenu 'f ",5 and 8, the numerals 2 and 6 L .ing-identi 'ofthe -coacting rods or indices R respec tively, will be exposed so thatthe total amountof expenditures will be indicated as $2614. In case arod or index is not exposed through an opening 15 below the line 17 asidentified by the balance on hand at the beginnin of the period, becausesaid rod or index 1s drawn too far up, more the rod or index R to theleft of the series under consideration one space up, 1' e. make the nu-.meral 9 on the rod or index R even with the" line 19 intersecting theopening 15 throu hxvhich the rod is inserted, andthen read .t "e`fi l ed-as the balance of money at the beginning of the period but above theline 17. This figure on the rod or index R will givetheamount ofexpenditures. In other words, if the amount of money at hand twenty days`ago was $41.09, the expenditures dur' these twenty days jill `be foundas follows t e present balance on hand being $32.65 as shbwn: Along theseries of f units l of cents find the opening below the "line 17 that isidentified by the numeral 9. The numeral 4 `on the rod or index `SR willb e exposed throughsuch opening. In

the series of open-ings 15 for tens of cents find the opening identifiedby the numeral. 0. It 1s tobe noted this time that no-such opening is.provided below the line 17.` Therefore move the rodor index R to theleft of that series of openings 15 or of the series of units of dollars,up one space to bring4 4theV numeral 9 on the rod or index R forexposure through the opening 1'5 intersected by the line 19 identifiedby the valuation 2. Through the opening of the column of tens of centsidentified 'bv the numeral. 0 on the line 17, the numeral 4 on the rodor index R WillI be exposed. The expenditures of that period in centswill therefore be 44. In the series of openings 15 'of units of dollarswith the rod or index one space up locate the,

opening 15 identified by the numeral fl. The rod or index is again outof sight. Similarly, move the rod or index R in the series of tens ofdollars one space up to bring the numeral 9 on the rod or index R forexposure through the opening 15 intersectedby the line 19 identified bythe va nation 3. `The numeral 8 on the rod or in ex KR will then beAexposed through the opening 15 above the line 17 identified bythevaluation 1. In the column of tens l l of' cents "of- Atheyexpenditure;` L, Through the opening A15y ure on the rod through theopen" ot dollars, with the coactinv rod or index one space up, it willbefoundthat-the tip 24 of the rod-is'scen through the Aopening below theline 17 and identified by the valua tion 1; that indicates' that no tensof dollars has been spent, as the-tip-24` gives 0'value. The totalamount of expendiures during these twenty days is therefore vthevaluation 9 andthe last figure through the opening of the series ofunits of cents intersected by the heavy line 17. For instance, if theamount of money two months ago was $100, the total expenditures will be$67 .35, the first three lres reading from the openings immediate ybelow the line 17 and the last one on the line 17.

It will be understood that should it be desired to havel my improvedcalculating or registering device operate to determine the Aamountexpended instead of the balance, it is only necessar)v to reverse theorder of the numerals 20 with the operation the same as has beenhereinbefore described.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a'cashaccount register constructed in accordance with my invention isparticularly Well adapted for use by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled and operated. and it will alsobe obvious that my invention is su eptible of some change andmodificationy without departing .from the principles and spirit thereof,and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as `limiting myselfto the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts hereinshown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafterclaimed.

I claim:

A cash registering device comprising a member provlded with a pluralityof series of openings arranged in columns, means ori said body forseparating said columns into dollars and cents, the central openings ofall of the columns being indicated as 0, and the openings of each of theseries above the 0 opening being consecutively numbered from 1 to 9 withthe smaller number adjacent the 0 opening, the openings of each seriesbelow the 0 `opening; 1.25

secutvely' from 1 to 9, said graduagrduations, the u per lxsl'idpintonofthe tions belng equdistantly spaced 'mth advrod having an over yiwing. 1'0 y jacent graduntions. s aced .a distance sub- Intestimonwhereo IhereultoI ax my stantilly 'equal tol .trie space betweenthesignature'in t e presnof two Witnpsses. centers of vadjaawent openings,the graduation THQMSON MAO.

9 being adjacent the top' of the rnd, and Wit'nsseszs aed from said ytopa distance s'ubstam Gr BnmoNoINI,

tmlly equal to the space between adjaont I. Hsurm PEI.

